Health Topics

Fibromyalgia, osteoporosis and arthritis have become common themes in our health discussions with friends, family and providers. It seems most suffer from at least one of these maladies, and many from several. The muscles and joints are one way the body will send the message of internal and/or...

More than 70% of heart attacks in America occur in those with normal LDL cholesterol. If anything says we need a better approach to cardiovascular health, it's that. Inflammation is a major driver of cardiovascular risk. Living a healthy lifestyle means adopting anti-inflammatory principles to...

Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way we want. Sometimes we snap back and recover and sometimes we either get down or too revved up. Maybe we start losing some sleep. The TV says its a chemical imbalance. It is, well part of it is. So don’t simply focus on the easy part, and when you...

Nutrition is key. It's also a rapidly changing field with new information being delivered daily it seems. One thing is clear: the food pyramid is so yesterday. New principles and focuses have arisen that will help get health on the right track and/or keep it there. Inconvenient? Yes, but so...

The healthcare system in America is broken, badly. It's a system that rewards providers for procedures and high volumes of visits. The average office visit today is 7 minutes long. The only thing that can be accomplished in that time is to refer to a specialist or write a prescription. We...

Ever wonder why many common medications are delivered topically in patches and creams? The skin is a great vehicle for getting compounds into the body. It also can be a way for toxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals to get into the body as well. Today, skin care products are more of a chemistry...

Our current soils aren’t cutting it. Depleted of ever-important nutrients like magnesium and selenium, often a whole foods diet is still in need of some support. Then there’s what our current medication does in regard nutrient depletion. While no one should rely on vitamin and mineral...